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An article written by ReachAnother and partners that demonstrates the potential of food fortification with folic acid to drastically reduce future neural tube defects in Ethiopia.

Hospitals in the Netherlands are to give thousands of medical instruments a fresh lease of life in Ethiopia and fill an urgent need for children and adult patients suffering from crippling diseases and wounds, after the Dutch-American Reach Another Foundation (RAF) spotted an opportunity to find an alternative use for a vast array of perfectly viable equipment that would otherwise have become redundant under new EU regulatory standards.

This article discusses the high prevalence of life-threatening neural tube defects in Ethiopia and the benefits of a nationwide food fortification with folic acid program.

This Science article explores the potential “game-changing” solution of salt fortification in Ethiopia, where 84% of women are at-risk to give birth to a baby impacted by neural tube defects.